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Article: HCFA COURTS CONGRESS' IRE WITH FAILURE TO TESTIFY ON NURSING HOMES.
- Article from:
- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- March 29, 1999
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HCFA caused a flap at a Senate hearing last week when it refused to appear following the testimony of two citizen witnesses who chronicled their nursing home nightmares for Congress.
The agency cited HHS' policy on congressional testimony, which stipulates that HCFA presents its case before the appearance of any citizen witnesses. ``This policy predates the Clinton administration and represents a courtesy routinely extended by congressional committees in the past,'' HCFA wrote to Sen. Charles Grassley (D-Iowa), the committee's chairman, in a letter dated March 22, the day of the hearing.
However, a representative of HHS' inspector general's office did ...